Seagate has announced the immediate availability of the 5TB mobile BarraCuda and the 2TB FireCuda, two new mobile consumer drives based on Seagate’s 2.5 inch 1TB platters. The BarraCuda drive is offered in both internal (a 7mm thin mobile or laptop upgrade design) and external (laptop upgrade design and a 15mm) models, while the FireCuda
Pure Storage Announces Next-Gen FlashArray//m
Pure Storage released the latest version of its flagship all-flash array, FlashArray//m. Pure states that with the new array companies now have access to petabyte-scale storage for mission-critical cloud IT. Along with petabyte-scale, //m offers 99.9999% availability and always on Quality of Service (QoS).
Caringo Launches Swarm 9
Caringo has announced that it has released the latest version of its object storage software, Swarm version 9. Swarm 9 focus on simplified tenant and data management at scale. The latest version of Swarm comes with new features such as a next-generation UI, data encryption, and comprehensive protection policies.
IBM Releases New Object Storage Service
Today IBM introduced what it is calling the first cloud object storage service to redefine the security, availability, and economics of storing, managing and accessing massive amounts of digital information across hybrid clouds, IBM Object Storage Service. This new offering will include over 400 patents that IBM claims will deliver clients better value in the
Igneous Comes Out Of Stealth With Its First Product
Igneous Systems came out of stealth today and announced their first product, the Igneous Data Service. The idea behind the Igneous Data Service is to deliver Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) on customer premises. This gives customers what Igneous refers to as a “true” cloud for local data.
Pivot3 Unveils Edge Office For SMB & ROBO
Pivot3 announced its new hyperconverged solution for small-to-medium sized businesses (SMB) and remote and branch offices (ROBO), Edge Office. As with most hyperconverged solutions, Edge Office consolidates compute and storage components into a single, highly-efficient, flexible and scalable infrastructure, which would be ideal for the needs of SMB and ROBO.
HDS Makes Several New Announcements Including An Enterprise Cloud
Hitachi Data Systems (HDS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., made a few announcements around improving and accelerating digital transformation initiatives. HDS is introducing three new solutions to tackle these issues: Hitachi Enterprise Cloud (HEC), Hitachi Management Automation Strategy, and enhancements to the Hitachi Unified Compute Platform (UCP) 2000. HDS also added a host
Quantum Announces New Scalar Storage Platform
Today Quantum Corp announced its new Scalar storage platform that is designed to store and manage the ever-increasing volumes of unstructured data. The first products based on this new storage platform include the tape libraries, Scalar i6 and Scalar i3, as well as the purpose-built rich media archive appliance, StorNext AEL6. The new storage platform
Dell EMC Introduces All-Flash VMAX 250F
Today Dell EMC announced that they were launching a few new products that were aimed at bringing enterprise-class all-flash storage to even more customers. These new products include the new Dell EMC VMAX 250F, to which the company claims the product will deliver an enterprise-class all-flash array with game-changing economics. Along with the VMAX 250F,
Dell EMC Updates Unity Adding Efficiency & Lower Costs
Today Dell EMC announced free, non-disruptive, data-in-place software updates to its Unity family of storage systems. These updates can really see a gain in capacity as they support both inline compression as well as support for the higher capacity flash drives. With an eye on the modern data center, Unity will now have expanded capabilities




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